hi Phil, many thanks for your input.it can be asynchronous! but that's set to false at the moment, http://docs.tweepy.org/en/v3.4.0/streaming_how_to.html as per sandys tutorial. your FIFO suggestion looks ideal, this is just what i think it needs! i will take a look into implementing this soon but i'm afraid my time over the next couple of weeks is taken up designing various print works.

theres some strange quirks with the program which seem to freeze the system/scroller momentarily but now with the HD supported at least its heading in the right direction :)

Firstly, massive thanks for making this script. I spent so long tinkering about trying to make my own and yours worked first time!

I was just wondering if there is something simple I could add into the code so it scrolled the last message found on repeat until a new message is received. I was hoping to use it like a notifications board but unless someone happens to be there when I send the tweet all they would see is a blank screen.